I was very interested to read an article this week that was written by someone who is not part of the pro-life movement. Titled, “Indie Abortion Clinics Are Shutting Down All Over the Country,” Carter Sherman writes about how the last eight years have been bad for the abortion industry. “In 2012, there were 510 open independent clinics, the report found. By November 2020, that number had shrunk to 337. This year alone [2020], 14 independent clinics closed or stopped performing abortions.” He goes on to say that in five states only have one abortion clinic left in the entire state.
As a pro-life Christian, that is good news for me. But what I found even more interesting was the reasoning from the pro-choice side regarding why the abortion clinics have been having trouble. The first reason given is COVID. As with most businesses, costs have increased and profits have decreased. Abortion clinics are having to increase hours to reach the same number of abortions, which obviously decreases profit.
The second reason given is why I bring this article up. Sherman writes, “For abortion providers, political opposition to their work has compounded the public health and financial crisis of the pandemic.” In other words, pro-life politicians and voters are making a difference.
“For abortion providers, political opposition to their work has compounded the public health and financial crisis of the pandemic.” In other words, pro-life politicians and voters are making a difference.
Looking at this from a pro-life perspective, the more pro-life leaders there are in office, the harder time abortion clinics will have. The more legislation out there opposing abortion, the more difficult it will be for abortion clinics to continue.
While the new president will not help the pro-life movement, the article ends on a foreboding note for those who are pro-abortion. Noting the confirmation of new conservative Supreme Court judge Amy Coney Barrett, he writes, “Now, with a comfortable 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, the next provider to bring a case to the nation’s highest court may not be so victorious.”